Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Burning Man

It is with a heavyheartthat I start thisentry. I amsaddened and appaled by how parts ofourworldare run today.

Last night I reluctantlyclickedon a linkthatwas sent tome.Theheadingread; 'African Man Burned Alive for being Gay'.

As I watchedtheimagesthatemergedonmyscreen I couldn'tquitebelievewhat I wasseeing.Withmy hand coveringmymouth I staredat a poor man beatento a bloodypulp by an angrymob.Peoplelaughingathim as hesatthere in themiddleofthestreetcovered in blood.Someonewasfilmingthewholething as theycontinuedto hit himwithvariousobjects.Then, suddenly, another man approaches and atfirstitlooked as ifhewasthrowingwaterathim.Only, seconds later, I realisedthatwhatlooked like waterwas in factgasoline.

Laughing and shoutingthepoeplethrewburningmatchestowardsthealreadyincapacitated man and heburstintoflames.Somewhere in the back ofmymind I washopingthatthiswassomescene from a bad horrormovieorsome sort ofsickjoke - butthepunchlinenevercame.

I sat in horror as itdawnedonmethat I had just witnessed a real lifeexcecution.Somethingthatwasclearly filmed by somesick bastard for amusement.

I feelsicktomystomachthatthings like thisareallowedtohappen in theworldwelive in today.

Butwhatsaddensmethemost is thefactthatthis video hasbeenonline for atleast a month and still therehasbeenno reports aboutit in the major media. I havebeenlooking for somecoverageonline.Anycoverage.Buttheonlything I canfind is personal blog entries from people as shocked as I am.

Today I tookitupomyselftosendthislinkto ALL major NewsAgenciesWorldWide.

I have sent ittoBBC, CNN, SKY News, Evening Standard, Reuters, B92, Press Association, TT - younameit. All this in hopethatsomejusticewill be broughttotheBurning Man.

Thisunknown man thatlosthislife for lovingsomeonehisowngender!

I hopethat by bringingthis story tothepublicitwillopenuptheeyesoftheworld.That by tellingthis mans story hisdeathwonthavebeen in vain. And if by anychanceit makes atleastone person realise just howwrongthis is - then I willhavesucceede in mytask.

This is the video. I warnyou.TheimagesyouareabouttoseeareEXTREMELYDISTURBING!!!!